The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary

Dictionary Variants: Sheng
Location of Greatest Variability: Tanzania
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enzi ya barafu
9/10
20
noun
enzi
general
ice ages
ice
a period in the past when the climate was colder and large areas were covered by thick ice sheets
during the ice age 10,000 years ago the Bering Strait was dry and could be crossed by foot.
ice age
enzi za barafu

kipindi kilichopita ambako hali ya hewa duniani ilikuwa baridi na sehemu kubwa ya nchi ilifunikwa na ganda nene la barafu

wakati wa enzi ya barafu miaka 10,000 iliyopita mlango wa bahari wa Bering ulikuwa kavu ukapitika kwa miguu

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ebee
interjection
general
service
at your service!
interjection—   

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ebee
interjection
general
yes
yes sir (ma'am)! (formerly used by slaves)
interjection—   

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ebho
interjection
general
hey
Boke [...] Hey! Who do you think you are?
hey

neno la kumwita mtu atazame au asikilize [Masomo 372]

Boke [...] Ebho! Unadhani wewe ni nani? [Chacha, Masomo 372]

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ebo
interjection
general
yeah
yeah
interjection—   

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ebrahim
9/10an
6
noun
Gymnothorax flavimarginatus
marine
yellowmargin morays
moray
yellowmargin moray
ebrahim
noun—   

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ebu
interjection
general
yeah
Yeah, I should pick up a stick and beat you [pl].
yeah

neno la kumwambia mtu asikilize.

Ebu nichukue fimbo niwachape [Masomo 416]

interjection—   

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ebu!
interjection
general
well
well!
interjection—   

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ebu!
interjection
general
come
come now!
interjection—   

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eda
9/10
noun
general
mourning
wife's period of mourning after death or divorce
eda
noun—   

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eda
noun
general
seclusion
ritual seclusion of a woman after the death of her husband or after divorce
eda, maeda
noun—   

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edaha
noun
general
sacrifice
sacrifice
noun—   

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edashara
9/10
noun
general
eleven
eleven
edashara
noun—   

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Edeni
9
noun
general
aden
Aden (city of)
noun—   

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edita
9/10an
noun
general
editors
editor
editor
edita
noun—   

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ee!
interjection
general
oh
oh!
interjection—   

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ee!
interjection
general
right
all right!
interjection—   

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ee!
interjection
general
certainly
certainly!
interjection—   

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eeh
interjection
general
uh-huh
uh-huh
interjection—   

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eeh
interjection
general
yeah
yeah
interjection—   

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eeh
interjection
general
yes
yes
interjection—   

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eewaa
interjection
general
yes
yes (interjection of assent or approval)
interjection—   

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eewala
interjection
general
yes
yes (interjection of assent or approval)
interjection—   

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efendi
9/10an
Turk
noun
military
effendi
effendi (Turkish title of rank)
efendi
noun—   

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-egama
verb
general
approach
approach
verb—   

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-egama
verb
general
lean
lean
verb—   

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